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Purify means to make something clean or free from impurities.

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To take the toxins out of drinking water is an example of purify.
To go to church and be freed from sin is an example of purify.

See purify in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb purified, purifying

to rid of impurities or pollution
to free from guilt, sin, or ceremonial uncleanness
to free from incorrect or corrupting elements
to purge (of or from)

Origin: ME purifien < OFr purifier < L purificare: see pure & -fy

intransitive verb

to become purified

Related Forms:

purification noun
purificatory adjective
purifier noun

See purify in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb pu·ri·fied, pu·ri·fy·ing, pu·ri·fies

verb, transitive

To rid of impurities; cleanse.
To rid of foreign or objectionable elements.
To free from sin, guilt, or other defilement.

verb, intransitive

To become clean or pure.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English purifien

Origin: , from Old French purifier

Origin: , from Latin pūrificāre

Origin: : pūrus, clean; see pure

Origin: + -ficāre, -fy

Related Forms:

pu·rifˈi·ca·toˌry (pyo͝o-rĭfˈĭ-kə-tôrˌē, -tōrˌē) adjective

puˈri·fiˌer noun

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